About YWAM Vancouver

YWAM Canada has been around almost since the beginning of YWAM. Our roots go back to 1964 when Loren Cunningham came to visit Canada and prayed across the land with some of his friends. We have been growing ever since.

About Our Youth Programs

YWAM Vancouver is passionate about mobilizing people of all ages to go to the ends of the earth, sharing God's message of love, peace and justice. We offer short term urban mission experience for groups and individuals.

What is Member Care?

Member care is the ongoing investment of resources for the nurture and development of mission/aid personnel. It focuses on every person who is involved in mission/aid, including children and home office staff. Member care reflects our practical commitment to love truth and peace, and to really love one another.

Payments and Donations

This is for anyone giving money towards the ministry of YWAM Vancouver. This includes students making payments for their schools, anyone wanting to make a donation to YWAM Vancouver, or towards the fees of students, and also includes information on how to participate in the ministry of a full time YWAM missionary.

About YWAM Vancouver

YWAM Canada has been around almost since the beginning of YWAM. Our roots go back to 1964 when Loren Cunningham came to visit Canada and prayed across the land with some of his friends. We have been growing ever since.

About Our Youth Programs

YWAM Vancouver is passionate about mobilizing people of all ages to go to the ends of the earth, sharing God's message of love, peace and justice. We offer short term urban mission experience for groups and individuals.

What is Member Care?

Member care is the ongoing investment of resources for the nurture and development of mission/aid personnel. It focuses on every person who is involved in mission/aid, including children and home office staff. Member care reflects our practical commitment to love truth and peace, and to really love one another.

Payments and Donations

This is for anyone giving money towards the ministry of YWAM Vancouver. This includes students making payments for their schools, anyone wanting to make a donation to YWAM Vancouver, or towards the fees of students, and also includes information on how to participate in the ministry of a full time YWAM missionary.

Discipleship Training School (DTS)

What is DTS?

The Discipleship Training School (DTS) is a course provided by Youth With A Mission (YWAM), one of the largest missions organizations in the world.

The purpose of the DTS is to develop your relationship with God and to share his love with others. It typically features 3 months of lectures, and 2-3 months of outreach,

DTS is the entryway into further involvement with YWAM, qualifying you for hundreds of volunteer staff opportunities and serving as a pre-requisite to many other YWAM training programs.

Cost (per person)

Classroom Phase: $3,900 CDN
(This includes tuition, food, housing, books and transit passes for the 12-weeks of class, but does not include the non-refundable $40 registration fee.)

Field Assignment: $3,500 - $4,000 CDN
(This includes airfare, visas, food, housing, and local transportation for the 12-week international field assignment.)

What To Expect

The first part of the YWAM Vancouver DTS is a 12-week classroom phase. Qualified staff and teachers share from the Bible, their own experiences, and invite you to experience God in practical and personal ways. More than just information, the classroom phase of the DTS combines “hearing”, “seeing” and “doing” in order to maximize learning and to “connect the dots” between what you know and how you live.

A 12-week cross-cultural field assignment follows the classroom phase and provides an opportunity to take the gospel to the nations living out and practically giving away what you have learned. You get to see the transforming power of God’s love in the lives of many others around the world!

DTS is an intense six months - living in community, discovering God in new ways, doing things you have never done before - even leaving the safety and comfort of home, all in order to come face to face with the needs of a desperate world.

Potential Topics for Lecture Phase:
Intimacy with God
Hearing the Voice of God
Identity in Christ
Relationships
Salvation and the Cross
Missions
Cross-cultural Communication
The Character and Ways of God
The Father Heart of God
Sharing Your Faith
Biblical View of Justice
Spiritual Warfare

Spring RISE DTS

Our next DTS is called the Rise DTS and has several things that make it distinct: first, is it's dedicated to the unreached, which means your outreach will be going to the Middle East, North Africa, or South Asia to places others haven't gone before. Secondly, it includes a 3 week tour across Canada to share what you have learned and seen on your DTS.

The Rise DTS is being run as a partnership between YWAM Vancouver and The Rise Campaign (hence the name "Rise DTS").

Fall DTS 2015

YWAM Vancouver’s DTS (Discipleship Training School-DTS) in Vancouver, BC, Canada, is a place to connect with God, other followers of Christ, and the world. Come, spend six months immersed in a life-changing community – learn, grow and give in ways that you may have only dreamed of before! Come and EXPERIENCE CHANGE THAT MATTERS!

Meet The Leaders

Jen Dorrough - DTS Leader:

Jen has spent the last decade discipling young people, pursuing human rights through justice initiatives, and passing on her excitement about reaching the forgotten people of the world. She has a calling to discipleship, missions, and to pass on her passion.